Leith_Burghs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Leith Burghs
Leith Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency; for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Edinburgh and Midlothian
Replaced by	Leith; Edinburgh East

Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1918

Leith Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918. The constituency represented the parliamentary burghs of Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.

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In 1918 Leith was included in Leith, while Musselburgh and Portobello were merged into Edinburgh East.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Rutherfurd	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Leith Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

Leith Burghs
Former District of burghs constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats	One
Created from	Edinburgh^[1] and Midlothian^[2]
Replaced by	Leith Edinburgh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Moncreiff	821	53.9	−7.3
	Liberal	William Miller	701	46.1	New
Majority			120	7.8
Turnout			1,522	77.1	+25.3
Registered electors			1,973
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Miller	904	54.8	+8.7
	Liberal	Robert Andrew Macfie	746	45.2	New
Majority			158	9.6
Turnout			1,650	77.1	0
Registered electors			2,139
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Andrew Macfie	2,907	55.7	+10.5
	Liberal	William Miller	2,310	44.3	−10.5
Majority			597	11.4
Turnout			5,217	83.8	+6.7
Registered electors			6,223
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald Robert Macgregor	4,489	69.8	*New*
	Liberal	Robert Andrew Macfie	1,945	30.2	−25.5
Majority			2,544	39.6
Turnout			6,434	78.0	−5.8
Registered electors			8,248
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Grant	4,929	73.4	+3.6
	Conservative	C. W. Tennant	1,788	26.6	New
Majority			3,141	46.8
Turnout			6,717	69.0	−9.0
Registered electors			9,739
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone^[9]	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	4,204	58.2
	Ind. Liberal Unionist	Donald Robert Macgregor^[10]	1,528	21.1
	Liberal Unionist	William Jacks	1,499	20.7
	Ind. Liberal Unionist	Henry Munster^[11]	3	0.0
Majority			2,676	37.1
Turnout			7,234	61.4
Registered electors			11,779
	Liberal hold

General election December 1910: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	7,069	57.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Frederick Alexander Macquisten	5,284	42.8	+11.3
Majority			1,785	14.4
Turnout			12,353	68.7	−14.3
Registered electors			17,987
	Liberal hold

By-election 26 Feb 1914: Leith Burghs ^[4]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Welsh Currie	5,159	37.8	−5.0
	Liberal	Malcolm Smith	5,143	37.7	−19.5
	Labour	Joseph Nicholas Bell	3,346	24.5	New
Majority			16	0.1
Turnout			13,648	77.1
Registered electors			17,705
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	5,738	58.4	+0.2
	Liberal Unionist	William Alexander Bell	4,095	41.6	+20.9
Majority			1,643	16.8
Turnout			9,833	74.5	+13.1
Registered electors			13,198
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	5,819	55.4	+1.0
	Liberal Unionist	John Wilson	4,494	44.6	−1.0
Majority			1,325	12.8
Turnout			10,313	73.8	−0.7
Registered electors			13,982
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	6,043	53.6	−2.8
	Liberal Unionist	Edward Theodore Salvesen	5,226	46.4	+2.8
Majority			817	7.2
Turnout			11,269	72.8	−1.7
Registered electors			15,484
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	7,677	61.2	+7.6
	Liberal Unionist	Frank T. Cooper KC	4,865	38.8	−7.6
Majority			2,802	22.4
Turnout			12,542	73.9	+1.1
Registered electors			16,974
	Liberal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ronald Munro Ferguson	7,146	49.6	−11.6
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Robert Cranston	4,540	31.5	−7.3
	Labour	William Walker	2,724	18.9	New
Majority			2,606	18.1
Turnout			14,410	83.0	+9.1
Registered electors			17,351
	Liberal hold